[4] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Anoplocapros within the family Aracanidae within the suborder Ostracioidea within the order Tetraodontiformes.

The unarmed part refers to the lack of spines, while the allusion to wild boars may refer to these fishes being known as sea pigs in the 19th Century, probably an allusion to the resemblance of these fishes on a rear view to a pig.

The specific name, lenticularis, means "like a lentil", in 1844 Richardson said that this referred to the "wart-like umbo" at the centre of each plate-like scale.

The overall colour of the adult males is yellowish-orange to brownish-orange or reddish with wide light grey to whitish bands on r=the flank, one running from th eye to the lips, a second the top of the dorsal keel to the cheek and a third along the rear edge of the bony carapace.

The females are similar but are lighter in colour and have irregular black lines and spots on the upper body.